>>>>> "Jochen" == Jochen Küpper <[email protected]> writes:
Jochen> On 17.02.2010, at 18:34, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: >> I've now taken to watching the swap size on my laptop (using iStatMenus), and >> if it ever gets above 2GB total, I just reboot, because at that point, >> everything is gonna be gummy, and that seems to be the only way to clear it. Jochen> Hmm, I cannot confirm that. On my MacBook (Core Duo, no “2”!) I just Jochen> now have 2,75 GB swap (and Free is only 116 MB), according to iStat Jochen> Menu, uptime is 18:47 up 24 days, 4:26, 3 users, load averages: 0,43 Jochen> 0,44 0,39 and performance is perfect… really! Well, I have a half dozen things open all the time (Safari, Terminal, OmniFocus, iCal, and sometimes Firefox, etc), and the penalty isn't when staying within a single app, but switching to another app, as that app's pages are probably now on disk. I wish I could install more RAM in my 2007 MBP, but I'm already maxxed at 3GB, and I can't afford a new laptop just yet. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <[email protected]> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Smalltalk/Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See http://methodsandmessages.vox.com/ for Smalltalk and Seaside discussion _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users
